Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-17
THE EXCURSION SEASON.

Go to Mystic Island.
The excursions are>coming thick and fast |
at present and everybody seems to be taking |
in some one of them. Yesterday morning
the steamer John II. Starin carried large
party to Glen Island. On board was the
pioneer branch of the Catholic Knights of
America of this city and party from An
sonia. This was the first annual excursion
given by this division. It was very success
fully carried out. This branch has not been
organized year yet Those who took
charge of the picnic were B. Lynch, David
O'Donnell, James Calvin, Daniel Burke, NJ.
F. Campbell, J. R. Spencer, T. J. O'Donnell.
]. f. Guncheon, Lieutenant of Police Will
liam O'Keefe, Samuel Buchanan, Patrick
Barry. Among some of those on board were
Rev. Father Mallon, Rev. Father Maloney of
Wallingford Rev. Father Gibbons of the
Church of the Sacred Heart. Alderman Kin
ney, F. M. Ryder and ladies and Frank Nc
CHM.
THE MYSTIC ISLAND EXCURSION YESTERDAY.
The excursion to Mystic Island was sue
cess for the st. Francis T. A. B. society and
also the st. Ignatius T. A. B. society. The
T. A B. society of WalIingford and also
some members of the Literary society joined
in. They went down on the steamer Elm City.
Landrigan's orchestra enlivened the occasion
and many delighted in dancing.
Among the many who went were: Miss
Julia Conlan, Miss Maggie Conlan, Miss Katie
Eagan, Miss Lille Marlowe, Miss Katie Ca
sey, Miss Julia Halligan, Miss Mamie DwYer,
Miss Mamie Mccarthy, Miss Nellie Sheehan,
Mrs. Mary Malloy, Mrs. Robert Loveday, Miss
Kittie Howard, Mrs. Thomas Heenan, Miss
Jennie Tierney, Miss Katie Reddy, Miss Mary
Tierney, Miss Nelly Dwyer, Miss Katie Marc
ney, Miss Annie Feeley, Miss Mary +. Snee-
han, Miss Jennie Sheehan, Miss Lizzie Cole
man, Miss Minnie Hartigan, Misses Nellie
and Mary Bannahan, Mrs. James MARROW,
Miss Mamie Foley, Miss Nellie Maloney,
Miss Mamie Hope, Miss Lizzie Caulteld,
the Misses Montague, Miss Mary Maher, Miss
Mary Carroll, Misses Katie and Minnie Null
vey, Miss Lizzie Kelly, Miss Katie Ryan, Miss
Mamie Bree, Miss Maria Curley, Miss Nellie
Carroll, the Misses Welch, Miss Katie Maher,
Misses Carrie and Mamie Voltz, Miss Katie
Weber, the Misses Maher, Miss Nellie
Fitzsimmons, Misses Mary d. and Rosie
Clyne, Miss Kittie Fitzgerald, Miss Car
1 Miss Bri nsgy n nonsbue Alice Miss erahs Man,
mic Healy, Miss Nellie Kennedy, Mr.:
and Mrs. P. Corcoran, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Donnelly, Rev. Father
Lynch, James Egan, Joseph Patton,
James Moore, Thomas Driscoll, William
Weber, Patrick Kent, Peter J. Weber,
John Nolan, Peter Sullivan, Daniel Lawlor,
Charles Coyle. Michael Coleman, James
Maher, James P. Bree, David GiImartin,
James Kendall, William Barry, Edward
Brennan, John Ruckley, Henry Driscoll,
John F. Sullivan, Philip Ryan, John Con-
nors, John Clark. Three members of the
police force, Messrs. Higgins, Kelly and
Shannahan, took a day off and were on board
the steamer when it left
The excursion was patronized by about
1000. Nothing that could make it a success
was left undone, and everything went off
peacefully and to the delight of all. The
committee of arrangements was composed of
Peter j. Weber, William Weber, Thomas
Mulligan, Thomas MAher, Thomas Cobey,
George Brogan, William NARROW, William
Carr, John Clyne, James Lunnigan and Pat
rick King.
lists.
Fawson Park was alive yesterday with the
members of the First Presbyterian church
and Sunday school of this city and also the
Congre zationaI church of Mt. Carmel, who
went down there for their annual picnic.
The committee which had charge of the Pres
byterian party was composed of VIM. @. Nc
1QLOsD, JOnn a. MUNRO, G6OrSe I6tIlo duu
Edward Hyman. Among those who went
from the Presbyterian church were Rev. J.G.
Rodgers, Mrs. John Petrie and family, Mrs.
Edwin Graham and family, Mrs. Christy Har-
rison and family of Fair Haven, Miss Matilda
Tolan, Mrs. Gerber, George Petrie and family,
Edward Hyland and family, William H
Booz and family, Miss Lilly Brooks, William
G. Mcintosh and wife, Miss Mabel Mcintosh,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ingraham, Mr.. and Mrs. James
McLay and Miss McLay.
Some of the prominent ones who went
from Mt. Carmel were Rev. 8. 81. Higgins
and family, Superintendent Homer Tuttle, L.
G. Ives, County Commissioner G. A. Burleigh,
Samuel Doolittle end family, Fred Peck
and family. Miss Mary Jones of Utica, N. Y,
Miss Alice Dickerman, Miss Amelia
Clarke, G. Fl. Kimberly and family, Miss
Emma Dickerman, Miss Sarah Miller,
Mrs. J. H R. Miller and family, Miss
Eliza Allen, Miss Laura Dickerman, Miss
Sophia Depka, Miss Lulu Tuttle, Miss
Susie Dickerman, Miss Florence Norton, Miss
Nellie Evarts, Miss Carrie McLane, Miss Blan-
die Dickerman, Miss Kate Doolittle, Miss
Mamie Thorp, Mrs. John Thorp, Mrs. John
Andrews, Miss Lottie Thorp, A. J. Doolittle,
f. J. Human.
ON THE IvERNIA.
Otto II. Wall took party of twenty on
the steamer Ivernia to the Thimble Islands
yesterday morning on fishing excursion, as
is his usual custom each year.
EzEL LODGE.
Eel lodge No. 8, Knights of Pythias, give
an excursion to Glen Island on Thursday,
August 25. There will be music and dancing,
and no doubt all who go will have a general
good time.